TJ and Mary win Claremorris 10k

1st 4 home in Claremorris Lions Club 10K,  from left TJ McHugh, 1st; Brendan Hession, 2nd; Mary Gleeson, 1st Woman, John Nolan, 3rd mens Photo: © Michael Donnelly

The Claremorrris 10k (95 finishers) was organised by the local Lions Club in association with Claremorris Family Resource centre and Mayo Cancer Support Association.
It was a challenging course out the Caltra-Carrowsteelaun-Mayfield area according to reports and the finishing times seem to confirm that. Just a few Mayo AC were at the start – some of them only had to fall out of bed to get there! Notably race winner TJ McHugh who held off Brendan Hession by 3 seconds to win in 37:58. Another of the locals Mary Gleeson was first woman and third overall in 39:07. Patrick Walsh was 9th in 42:12. Ambrose Gaughan ran a brilliant PB 42:38, despite the course and possibly helped by the challenge of second placed woman Chris Gallagher (42:45) who exchanged places with him a few times. Others recognised among results Patricia Kavanagh 58:58, John Roddy doing some speedwork 59:31, and Jennifer Charles 69:20. There  was another race scheduled down the road in Cong in the evening, maybe a few went there. Race results here  Claremorris LIONS 10K 1.6.13